Texas RHP Ty Madden selected No. 32 by the Detroit Tigers
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Texas Longhorns right-hander Ty Madden came off the board with the 32nd pick of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers, the first Longhorns player or signee selected this year.
Ranked by ESPN as the No. 19 overall prospect in the draft, Madden becomes the first starting pitcher from Texas selected in the first round since Taylor Jungmann. The Longhorns hadn’t had any player selected that highly since reliever Cory Knebel was picked No. 39 in 2013.
Considering that Madden was ranked as highly as the top 10, his fall into the 30s past a number of starting pitchers, left handed and right handed, was a surprise. In other words, the Tigers got a tremendous value and there are a number of team that could end up regretting passing on the big power pitchers.